Reverse Your Osteopenia

Since I learned about the new Osteoball, I could hardly wait to share this
information with my blog readers. Almost anybody can use this new exercise
program that uses simple isometrics and produces excellent results in
stimulating new bone growth.  It is effective for osteopenia and even
osteoporosis.

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You may wonder what sunscreen has to do with osteopenia. Please follow me as I explain.

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is extremely important in preventing or healing osteopenia. When ultraviolet rays from the sun touch your skin, it triggers synthesis of Vitamin D_{. However, sunscreen prevents the vitamin D from forming.}

Vitamin D regulates both the calcium and phosphorous levels in the blood by enabling their absorption from food.

Your body is unable to absorb calcium from your digestive system into the blood stream without adequate Vitamin D.

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It is no secret that exercise is important for maintaining health. And walking
is usually recommended as weight bearing exercise to help the bones and prevent osteopenia.

However, in 2003, a new concept hit the market that has caused exercise to be not only
a possibility, but a wonderful opportunity for fitness for those who are not able to walk due to foot problems
or other reasons and for those who live in a climate that is not conducive to outdoor exercise.

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Has your doctor suggested you need a bone mineral density test?

According to Barbara Mintzes, of the University of British Columbia, “Bone mineral density testing
is a poor predictor of future fractures, but an excellent predictor of the start of drug use.”
- British Medical Journal, 4/13/02

Osteopenia is the word used to describe loss of bone density and is thought to be a
precursor to Osteoporosis. The term Osteopenia did not even exist until a little over
a decade ago. It became popular in medical literature about the same time as the
drug Fosamax entered the market.
Continue reading ‘Dangerous Myths & Lies Concerning “Bone Density” Drugs’ »